Re: No future for DB2

From: Larry <larry_at_nospam.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 19:29:17 -0400
Message-ID: <j%aKe.25277$sf6.6155@fe08.lga>

Well ... that's fair enough. Very fair. I just don't consider Oracle, SQL Server, or DB2 in that category.

Larry E.

rkusenet wrote:

>
> "Larry" <larry_at_nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:aV9Ke.25166$sf6.16572_at_fe08.lga...
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>> You're "analogy" doesn't really work ... when was the last time you 
>> went shopping for a car where
>> Sorry ... you can keep coming back to challenge if you want. Go talk 
>> to Gartner or one of the big consulting firms and ask them if DB2 is a 
>> good investment as a rdmbs ... and whether they think IBM will be 
>> around for awhile to support it.

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> My analogy was not talking about DB2 in particular. I was talking about
> general principles followed when going for a RDBMS.
> I have been to situations when the customer told us to make our product
> work with
> SQL Server bcos they enterprise standard is oracle/sql server and not
> informix.
>
> A friend of mine works in PROGRESS technology and he too is saying that
> many customers tell them to make their product work with SQL Server or
> Oracle. His company is going to release their next version with O and SS.
> So I guess it will be a question of time before they kiss goodbye to
> Progress.
>
> You don't think market share has anything to do with it.
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Received on Tue Aug 09 2005 - 18:29:17 CDT